# 貿 — foreign trade

貿 means “foreign trade”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ボウ (bou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: foreign trade
- On'yomi: ボウ (bou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Money & trade 1

## How to remember 貿

Parts: 卯 rabbit sign · 貝 shell; money

## Don't confuse it with

[貧](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/poor/) · [頒](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hand-out/) · [買](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/buy/) · [員](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/member/)

## More in the “Money & trade 1” set

[給](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/salary/) · [販](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/selling/) · [富](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rich/) · [貿](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/foreign-trade/) · [損](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/loss/) · [払](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/pay/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/foreign-trade/. Last updated 2026-11-01.